Updates!FAQ
How to Use TP
TP Forums
eCampus
In ClassYour Contributions!
ProjectsCredits
email ReadMe!
Library - Reference - Dictionaries
Bookmark and Share

If you want to be an efficient language learner, you should buy an English-English dictionary to get used to reading definitions (this way, you'll also be learning how to define words!). You should always try to find out the meaning of a word considering its context, then looking it up in an English-English dictionary and as a last resort, looking it up in a bilingual dictionary. (For more, read this email on Dictionaries.)

Free On-Line Dictionaries

(recommended) Merriam-Webster On-Line external link (US American). With audios on how to pronounce the words (forget about the phonemic transcription because it's the US system and we don't use it). It's got: an English-English dictionary (by default) . A Spanish/English dictionary. A thesaurus (for synonyms and antonyms). There are other resources you can profit from on this amazing website.

Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary
Thesaurus

divider

Cambridge Dictionaries and corresponding Levels external link
Learn about Corpuses: the Cambridge Corpus external link

The Urban Dictionary external link slang and daily words people use today

Cambridge University Press free on-line dictionaries external link with the phonemic transcription we use but no audio.

Word Reference Dictionaries external link

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language external link (fourth ed. 2000) With audios and English-English definitions.

On-line Etymology Dictionary external link

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus external link (third ed. 1995) - the category index (índice is table of contents; index means índice analítico, so don't mix them up!) A dictionary to look for synonyms and antonyms.

Hi teacher! Have a look at this website. Very useful!! Teresa Vaq (Y5C, 2006-07) Visual Thesaurus external link

Visual dictionary external link

Mujer Palabra/Talking People Glossaries external link
(experimental stage - anybody want to work on this?)

Word Spy external link neologisms, abbreviations

The Harry Potter Lexicon external link * Pronunciation of the words in the book external link

Difficult words external link you can't find anywhere!

Slang dictionary external link

The Skeptic's Dictionary external link

The Hacker's Dictionary of Computer Jargon external link (1992)

See US/UK Spelling under Language - World Englishes - US/UK Englishes

The American's Guide to Speaking British external link